Adding operating system to the windows bootmenu

[max5]

Hi!
How can I add operating systems to the windows 2000 bootmenu? I've installed an operating system on partition E: and formatted partition C: during the installation of windows 2000. Now I want to have the system on partition E: in the bootmenu too. I know there is a command for the recovery console(I guess it is called like that in English ) to do that but I've forgotten what command it was.
Yan you help me?

 

[htin11]

i think there is a file called boot.ini that manages booting.

 

[dxd]

Here is a sample "boot.ini" reflecting a multi-OS boot menu:

[boot loader]
timeout=0
default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(2)\WINNT5
[operating systems]
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(2)\WINNT5="Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional" /fastdetect
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINNT5="Partition 1" /fastdetect
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(3)\WINNT5="Partition 3" /fastdetect


However, I do not think it will be as simple as just modifying the boot.ini to load the OS. W2K needs to be aware of the alternate OS' to allow it to load the boot loader or system files necessary for the OS. Usually, W2K will take care of this if the other OS' are installed prior to W2K...it will see them and add them to the boot menu.

There are other dependencies as well...multiple primary partitions and hidden partitions and so on.

Please provide a little more detail about your drive/partition configuration, what other OS you want to load, and the install order of the OS'.
Doug
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